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... him when he pops out of the bushes filming us. If I just dropped 3 grand on a camera though I'd be using the **** out of it too. He got some good, funny stuff. Excited to see it. After the hike we got some takeaway and then went back to home base. Andy and I went to pick up Morgan and Justin because they are doing their own thing on the first two days. They went to the zoo and like an Air Force museum or some ****. They got their own hostel and all that good stuff ...

... we were invited in to the kitchen to be offered tea in china cups and home made scones. Noeline deserves a few words here! She is 84 years old and has been taking in walkers since her husband died 20 years ago. On the night we stayed, she explained she was getting up at 6.30 next day as she had to go for her 3 monthly shopping trip (she last went out early December). She has to walk along the track for 25 minutes to her car then drive a 4 hour return journey. ...

... the other side to the wild, wind-swept beach surrounded by vast sand dunes and blue sea. We walked along the beach and over to a small pool where seal pups were hiding in a cave and we watched from only10 meters distance as they occasionally ventured out to splash around in the shallow pools of water. We then continued along the expansive beach amazed by the beautiful rock formations and sea arches along the coast and looked in at natural caves but didn't’t fancy going in any ...

... quick stop in Blenheim we moved around the coast to Rarangi Beach where we stopped for some lunch – perfect weather and the beach views were super nice. At the opposite end of the beach we found the Rarangi glow worm cave which is hidden away in the headland and covered by bush, the cave only went back about 20-30 metres and there were only a handful of glow worms. The coast line here is so picturesque and ...

... had a blast and made a friend who she introduced herself too buy giving her a cuddle, it was very cute. Lily played with her friend for ages and Jake and I sat and relaxed. We then went and sat with the others and took in the view. The ferry ride goes for about 3 hours but it felt very quick. The end of the trip goes through a beautiful sound with Mountains all around it was lovely.